Too Many Tabs, Too Little Time: The 4 Hidden Taxes Draining Teams
Did you know 53% of your team’s time is already gone?
That’s exactly what Asana’s State of Work Innovation 2024 report found. More than half the workweek is swallowed up by “work about work,” which is the summarizing term for time-wasting activities such as hunting down information, switching between business apps, attending pointless meetings, and juggling disconnected platforms.
From apps like Asana and QuickBooks to Salesforce and Zendesk, it has become the new normal for business teams to rely on a heavy stack of software to get work done. However, when every task, client update, or data point lives in a different system, the real cost isn’t just in subscriptions and user seats—it’s the constant toggling between apps that taxes your time, energy, and focus.
Follow along as we unpack this report’s statistics and circle back to how Glances helps teams reclaim their time and sanity.
Graphic courtesy of The State of Work Innovation 2024, Asana
4 productivity taxes your team pays
We previously covered the toggle tax and its drain on workers, but according to Asana’s study, there are four hidden taxes sapping productivity across organizations of every size:
1. The Connectivity Tax
- 81% of employees collaborate across teams, but only 21% say cross-functional collaboration is effective
- Just 12% of employees say ideas flow quickly between departments
- 90% of workers rely on informal workarounds (like Slack DMs and gut instincts) to find the info they need
Glances helps teams connect the dots, so they can avoid asking around for status updates and digging through apps for key information. With real-time visibility across platforms, your team stays in sync from wherever they work.
2. The Velocity Tax
- Workers lose 9 hours every week just searching for information
- 78% say there’s limited accountability to complete tasks
- 64% say their organization’s software choices actually make their jobs harder
Glances puts everything in one view, reducing process friction and letting your team find and act on information in seconds, not hours.
Graphic courtesy of The State of Work Innovation 2024, Asana
3. The Capacity Tax
- 75% of workers report digital exhaustion
- 63% say they’re disrupted by too many tools
- 45% admit they lie to get out of meetings
Glances helps eliminate tab fatigue by letting employees stay focused in their favorite platform, whether that’s monday.com, HubSpot, Stripe, or wherever they do their best work.
Graphic courtesy of The State of Work Innovation 2024, Asana
4. The Resilience Tax
- 69% report coworkers hoarding information
- 43% are overwhelmed by nonstop changes and unclear processes
- Only 27% believe their company can handle the next big disruption
Glances gives teams clarity and control, helping to streamline updates, sync systems, and give everyone a shared source of truth.
How Glances saves your workday
Glances is a patented, no-code integration platform that works exactly the way modern teams need it to: fast, seamless, and refreshingly simple. It connects all your key platforms and instantly brings the data you need into view, right where you're working.
With Glances, you can:
- View and update customer info from multiple apps in one place
- Save hours by automating repetitive tasks with built-in to customized Actions
- Stay focused and avoid constant context-switching
- Give every team member access to the data they need, without extra training
- Slash your “productivity tax” bill and get back to strategic work
Whether your teams are in support, sales, operations, or finance, Glances eliminates friction so they can do what they were hired to do: move work forward. Start your free trial to connect your favorite business apps and access your data in one easy click from any app or webpage
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